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Last time I checked

The long and short of it is, all I remember is that my American teacher gave an assessment more or less to this effect: Anyone who can say “you know”, you know their English is pretty good.

Good.

But not necessarily pretty. I know now that meaningless clichés like “last time I checked”, when overused, can become annoying – it is an eyesore on paper, and jarring to the ear in conversation. And so, do use it sparingly if you do have to use it.

One more comment about Obama. The conversation demonstrates that the speakers hate Obama’s policies. Obama’s policies might be considered left-leaning by many conservatives, but to say he is a socialist is over the top. It is, I suspect, just name calling, giving him a bad name because “socialist” is a bad name in many mainstream circles in America, as well as in many other places.

Anyways, back to linguistics. Any time you hear anyone say “the last time I checked”, and you know they did not actually go and check (to look at something closely and examine if there’s anything wrong), you know they’re speaking figuratively, and not saying much.

They are, in fact, just saying.

Alright, here are two media examples:

1. Jean-Etienne Amaury, the new president of the Amaury Sport Organization who replaced Patrice Clerc, indicated that the fight against doping would remain a top priority for the Tour de France, with or without Lance Armstrong competing.